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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0068 Box 8, Folder 15th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Washington, District of Columbia Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Nelson C. Boyd (Hamilton County, Ohio, book binder and 1st lieutenant in 15th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) N00013802 1834? Categories: People

Hamilton County, Ohio, bookbinder and soldier. New York native. Son of Henry Boyd and Elizabeth Boyd. Bookbinder in Hamilton County in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and first lieutenant from December 14, 1861, to June 4, 1863.

Relationships Military: 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Millcreek, p. 164A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 281. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1265501, Certificate #1051406. John Robert Jameson (Barren County, Kentucky, laborer and captain in 21st Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) N00013803 1841-06-11 1921-02-04 Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John B. Jameson and Kessiah Jones Jameson. Student in Barren County in 1850. Laborer in Barren County in 1860. Served in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from February 27, 1862, to June 12, 1863.

Relationships Military: 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 434B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 784. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 339. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1170363, Certificate #902686. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017461, Hart County Deaths, File #5487, p. 2192 of 3311 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "John Robert Jameson (1841-1921)," Memorial #132293042, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132293042 (accessed December 7, 2020). Henry R. Willett (Prairie City, IL, 2nd Lieut. 5th Ky. Inf. ) N00013804 1826? 1887? Categories: People

Prairie City, Illinois, soldier. New York native. Married to Elizabeth A. Willett. Father of Charles Frank Willett, Stephen Paul Willett, and Maude Willett. Resident in Prairie City in 1860. Employed William Willett as a clerk in Prairie City in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, sergeant major, and second lieutenant from September 9, 1861, to June 12, 1863.

Relationships Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, McDonough County, Prairie City, p. 471. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Knox County, Galesburg, p. 120A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 201. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #356569, Certificate #332683. Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) N00012996 1829-08-31 1901-09-04 Categories: People

Washington, D.C., soldier. Maryland native. Married to Fanny Chauncey McKeever. Father of Helen C. McKeever and Elsa McKeever. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in July 1849. Served in the United States Army as captain and assistant adjutant general in 1861 and 1863.

Relationships Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Samuel L. Christie (Cincinnati, Ohio,1st lieut & capt 1st Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas Foreman (Jeffersonville, Indiana, lieut & capt 5th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert Stuart (Lincoln County, Tennessee, physician and asst surg 2nd Ky Cav USA) Military: William Price (Kenton County, Kentucky, Baptist minister and chaplain 2nd Ky Inf USA) Military: Mordecai J. W. Ambrose (Bourbon County, Kentucky, Methodist minister, physician and chaplain 7th Ky Cav USA) Military: Joseph C. Bontecou (Hamilton County, Ohio, music teacher; lieut 2nd Ky Inf & 10th OH Lt Artil USA) Political: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Elhannon W. Murphy (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Hugh White Adams (Knox County, KY, clerk and lt thru maj 7th KY Inf USA) Military: David C. Thurman (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and sgt. ;ieut 22nd KY Inf USA) Military: Shadrach L. Mitchell (Lewis County, Kentucky, artist and soldier) Military: Joseph H. Davis (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William Sears (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, boat builder, and capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: James H. Tinsley (Knox County, Kentucky, sgt, lieut & adj in 3rd Ky Inf, 7th Ky Inf, 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: John B. Stivers (Bourbon County, KY, carpenter and 2nd lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: George E. Sumner (Assistant Surgeon, 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: John W. Evans (Grayson Co, Kentucky farm laborer and second lieutenant) Military: Isaac Newton Whitaker (Harrison County, Kentucky farmer and lieutenant) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Twelfth Manuscript Census of the United States (1900), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Enumeration District 33, p. 17. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1821-1968), South Carolina Division of Libraries and History, Range 1925-1945: Kershaw County, 1935, File #5861, p. 75 of 242 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Ser. 3, ch. 10 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890), 553. "Death of General McKeever,"Altoona Tribune (Altoona, Pennsylvania), September 6, 1901, p. 2. Find A Grave, "Chauncy McKeever (1829-1901)," Memorial #5951268, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5951268 (accessed July 3, 2020). Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) O00010608 1775-06-16 Categories: Organizations

Chief administrative office of the U.S. Army. Operated from 1847 to 1964. Responsible for organizing recruits into companies and regiments with the assistance of state adjutant generals. Adjutant general during the Civil War: Lorenzo Thomas (1861-1869).

Relationships Political: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war)

Stephen E. Bower, A Short History of the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Corps, 1775-2013, (Fort Jackson, SC: U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute, 2013). Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Kentucky Volunteers O00000870 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

The official organization of Kentucky military forces under the command of the Adjutant General of Kentucky. Organized into infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments. Civil War-era Adjutant Generals: Scott Brown (1859-1861); John W. Finnell (1861-1863); John Boyle (1863-1864); Daniel W. Lindsey (1864-1867).

Relationships Military: George Reid Barber (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Fleming County State Guard (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Charles Hayden (Frankfort, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: George B. Baum (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Arthur J. Harrington (Jefferson County, KY, printer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: Alexander James Umphrey (NYC, NY, private(U.S.A.)) Military: Charles R. Griffith (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and treasurer ) Economic: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Military: Robert G. Purdy (Marion County, KY, blacksmith and soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: Frank P. Cahill (Cincinnati, Ohio, hotelkeeper & capt, maj, & lt col 1st KY Inf USA) Military: William H. Taylor (Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk, 1st lieut & pvt 2nd Ky Inf, ) Military: Samuel L. Christie (Cincinnati, Ohio,1st lieut & capt 1st Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas Foreman (Jeffersonville, Indiana, lieut & capt 5th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert Stuart (Lincoln County, Tennessee, physician and asst surg 2nd Ky Cav USA) Military: George A. Little (Daviess, KY, capt 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: John D. Lenahan (Louisville, Kentucky painter and soldier) Military: John Francis Wisnewski (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio glycerin maker and soldier) Military: Henry Frederick Kalfus (Bullitt County, Kentucky, physician, major (U.S.A.)) Military: George A. Richardson (Louisville, Kentucky pilot and soldier) Military: Abram P. Brown (Kentucky soldier) Military: Oscar D. Kress (Clark County, Kentucky soldier) Military: George A. Hanniford (Kentucky 1st lieut 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: James M. Bailey (Logan County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon 26th Ky Inf USA, acting chief surgeon of US forces 1863) Military: Frederick Guy (Clark County, Indiana, clerk, farmer, 26th Ky Inf USA) Military: Milton A. Sivey (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky soldier) Military: Emory R. Harrington (Boyle County, Kentucky silversmith, 4th Ky Mtd Inf USA) Military: Allen S. Whetstone (Ohio soldier) Military: Henry P. Merrill (Michigan soldier) Military: Alvin O. Pattee (Kentucky butcher and soldier) Military: Edmund B. Randolph (Kentucky soldier) Military: William W. Sanders (Boyle County, Kentucky, 1st lieut & capt 4th KY Inf USA) Military: James A. Moores (Estill County, Kentucky laborer and soldier) Military: John W. Combs (Monroe County, Kentucky, constable and soldier) Military: James Peter Hiatt (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Peter Hinkle (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut & capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Hugh White Adams (Knox County, KY, clerk and lt thru maj 7th KY Inf USA) Military: David C. Thurman (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and sgt. ;ieut 22nd KY Inf USA) Military: Shadrach L. Mitchell (Lewis County, Kentucky, artist and soldier) Military: Joseph H. Davis (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William Sears (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, boat builder, and capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: James H. Tinsley (Knox County, Kentucky, sgt, lieut & adj in 3rd Ky Inf, 7th Ky Inf, 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: John B. Stivers (Bourbon County, KY, carpenter and 2nd lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas H. Wilson (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant; sgt, lieut, & capt 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Elhannon W. Murphy (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Edward R. Palmer (Louisville, KY, physician, army surgeon, VT clerk) Military: William. T. Morrow (Bullitt County, Kentucky, farm laborer & 28th KY Inf corporal, 1st lieut & commissary sgt) Military: Williamson W. Bacon (Jefferson County, KY, 22nd Inf: 1st sgt, 2nd lieut, & capt; 7th Inf: capt) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 28th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) O00008812 1861-12-14 1865-01-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 14, 1861. Mustered out of service on January 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Curran Pope, Colonel James B. Forman, Colonel Marion C. Taylor, and Lieutenant Colonel George P. Jouett.

Relationships Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) Military: Curran Pope (Louisville, KY, attorney, trustee, and colonel 5th KY Inf)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 892, 925. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1204. 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009038 1861-12-30 1865-01-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Ward and Camp Hobson, Kentucky. Mustered into service between December 30, 1861, and January 2, 1862. Mustered out of service at Huntsville, Morgan County, Alabama, on January 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Ethelburt L. Dudley, Colonel Samuel W. Price, Lieutenant Colonel Basil A. Wheat, and Lieutenant Colonel James C. Evans.

Relationships Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.))

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 68-96. 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00011520 1861-09-09 1864-09-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Joe Holt, Indiana. Mustered into service on September 9, 1861. Mustered out of service on September 14, 1864. Veterans transferred to the 2nd Kentucky Veteran Cavalry. Commanding officers(s): Colonel Lovell H. Rousseau, Colonel Harvey M. Buckley, and Colonel William W. Berry.

Relationships Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 717. Washington, District of Columbia 1863-08-27 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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15th 2 Adjutant General's Office, Washington, August 27th 1863. To His Excellency, The Governor of Kentucky Sir:

I have the honor to report, that the following named Officers of the Volunteer forces from the State of Kentucky have resigned, to take effect at the dates set opposite their respective names, viz:

✓First LieutNelson C. Boyd15th. regt. KJune 4th. 1863✓CaptainJno. R. Jamison21"" H" 12". "✓Second LieutH. R. Willett5" " I" ". "

I am Sir, Very respectfully Your Obt. Servant Chauncey McKeever Asst. Adjt. General

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No. 113 Washington City Letter

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Filed Aug 30. 1863